Centralized deployment of Gateway clients

MI Materials Gateway supports both central installation and central deployment.

Central installation
The host software is installed on a server machine, and users run the executable from another location on the network
Central deployment
The host software is distributed onto client machines, as if the installer had been run locally. Usually this is done using batched commands, or scripts which push the necessary files onto client machines during down time, for example, overnight.
To deploy the software components:
  1. From the Ansys Customer Portal, download the Granta MI Enterprise package (GRANTAMIENTERPRISE_2026R1_WINX64.zip) and unpack the files to a location from where they can be distributed.
  2. In the Software directory, select the Gateway package you need to extract:
    • MIMaterialsGateway_2026_R1.zip
    • MIMaterialsGateway_2026_R1_for_ANSA_Linux_Edition.zip
    • MIMaterialsGateway_2026_R1_for_Ansys_Workbench_Linux_Edition.zip
  3. Select the files that are needed for the host application you are integrating with.
    As a minimum you need:
    • The Platform components (Platform.2026.1.guid.zip)
    • The Integration components (Host_nameHost_version2026.1.zip)
  4. Deploy the software component files using a script, or an automated deployment tool.
  5. Set the environment variable GATEWAY_DM_EXEDIR to identify the MI Materials Gateway installation.
    See Setting the GATEWAY_DM_EXEDIR environment variable.
  6. Optional: In windows environments, you can add the MI Materials Gateway to the applications loaded on startup.
    See Automatic start-up of Gateway core application.
  7. Optional: Set up any client-side configuration needed.
    You can either:
  8. Depending on the host application, ensure that the required changes are made to the host application system files, using the details for your host application: